London Victoria VIP Record Fair - November 2022 - Footage + Finds
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2022
- My annual visit to the record fair at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Victoria, London.
I'll show what I have bought over the weekend, plus some footage of the fair itself and the journey from Victoria station.
Some interesting finds! Was a great perspective on the fair 😊 keep it up
Thanks Jake and great to meet you last weekend!
Love your videos. Really honest and down to earth
Thanks Julian, much appreciated 🙂
You call that a short walk? It seemed like a long walk to me 😅 Anyway, this was a very interesting video just to discover the differences between that fair and the only one that happens twice a year here in Portugal, basically in Lisbon in the old part or town. It's for free though, but it's not as big as the one you showed in this video and never queues up. But the prices are never down, always up. But still I manage to find good deals. Cheers
Спасибо за видео. Ваш рассказ, очень интересный. Жду ваших новых видео.👍
Hi great video buddy, I was a big Fingerprintz fan,thats their third album, the first 2 are excellent.They or course found more fame when they changed their name to the Silencers.
THANK YOU...
I used to go to the Liverpool Street Stn. record shows back in the early 1980's. They had at least 125 vendors that brought a great range of titles we want. Also Camden Town used to have some excellent record shows.
Another great video, George. You bought some good stuff at nice prices, top notch!
Thanks Alan, I was very pleased with this haul.
Great show and finds and just subbed together your channel.
I was laughing at your walk to the record fair. You said it's only a short walk, but even sped up it seemed a long way. I like the Cocteau Twins, the 4AD label put out some excellent music back in the 1980s, and they were one of the best groups recording with that label. This Mortal Coil were another. What a good haul of records.
I have Butterfly - Hollies - bought it as a teenager - very good
I actually spun Evolution for the first time today, most excellent.
Butterfly is on my wants, thanks for recommending.
some good records there....
Cool video, I might venture up to London now, Iv always thought that it would be more expensive to buy the records in a London fair.
Looks like it could be a good day out. Many thanks
Well worth a visit indeed. These fairs happen in January, April and September also. Thank for commenting 🙂
I know a fair amount about Colin Scot. His actual last name was Thistlethwaite, his parents were Americans, he spoke nearly a dozen languages comfortably. He started out in Scotland (hence the stage name) singing Buddy Holly and Fleetwoods tunes with his guitar atop a stool in pubs. The album you have here was recorded before it was shopped to UA, who were thrilled they could release it even after it barely sold (but was seen as a prestige release). Colin was a high-liver who drank himself to death in the late 1990s when he would have been in his late fifties.
Hi Thom, thank you for this interesting info. Good to hear some facts on artists who don't get the attention, even of the collectors circuit.
I've only just started playing the Colin Scott album since purchase. Some decent moments on it, although it maybe lacking the musicianship I was expecting considering who backed him - that's just my opinion though. A decent album nevertheless.
An interesting video clip of the interior of the Royal Horticultural Society's headquarters in Victoria, George. I went to a mycological do there many years ago. You seem to be doing well in finding what you want at the right price there. The vinyl gods haven't smiled upon me for a long time. ☹
Keep hunting and digging, there are bargains to be had out there 🙂
Some great pick ups.... Well done on the Camel debut! ... I just have the "Rainbow" label version and German reissue with different sleeve. Fingerprintz where a great wee band, check out their previous album to this "Distinguishing Marks"... it's excellent. I think they morphed into The Silencers (also well worth checking out).... I've just subbed your channel.... keep the great content coming!!!!
Hi Ronnie, thanks so much for subbing. I have Distinuishing Marks but have not spun for a while, this will hopefully renew the interest. I also picked up their debut last last week which should feature in my next vid (spoiler alert!!!)
That Camel debut is great, still doesn't top Mirage for me which is an all time fave.
Thanks again and take care!
Some members of Fingerprintz ended up in Adam Ant's post-Ants band.
Would prefer if you shared what you paid for items as you bought a great selection!
Thanks for your comments. I will bear in mind pricing in future videos.
View familiar faces I saw.. We used to stall there couple years ago.. 👍
I've been going there for a good few years now, I wonder if I purchased anything from you?
@@georgeprior-vinylshowtell4934 probably lol.. We done Portsmouth fair once.. Southampton a few times.. Don't venture that far anymore.. Based in Kent we do Kent fairs the odd London and surrounding ones
Damn , I missed this a bit much charging early bird , admission a tenner !
Im interested in going to the upcoming fair. Do you recall if they sold shellac 78s there?
Hi Thomas. If honest, I don't recall seeing any 78s at all. There may have been the odd one here and there, but no specific stalls selling them exclusively. Most of these fairs seems to focus on 12" albums and some 7" singles.
Got the MC5 album when it was released, did you buy that for £35? You should see a You Tube vlog on a live open air concert they did in 1970, one of the best wild rock shows you’ll ever see! You don’t always quote the prices you payed, very frustrating
Hi Roy, I got £5 off this so £30 technically and it is a lovely copy. Thank you for the head up on the footage.
I don't tend to quote prices to be honest, unless it it an absolute bargain that I feel needs a mention. However will bear this in mind for future finds vids.
Saying sorry to that geezer, he had one of those sadbags on wheels, he is the one who needed to watch where he was walking.
Lol!! Yeh, was a bit instinct on my part. I wonder if he filled it??
@@georgeprior-vinylshowtell4934 He looked sad enuf!?
I was always surprised why London didn't do a huge record fair like the one that used to happen in Utrecht. It seems that the London fair is getting smaller as the years go by. The Discogs effect perhaps?
Whilst it's still well worth a visit, it's nowhere near as big as it used to be. It was called 'Musicmania' years back and was possibly double in size.
There is a lack of overseas dealers these days which doesn't help the reduction in size.
@@georgeprior-vinylshowtell4934 There used to be the Wembley Record Fair which was the largest, not quite as big as Utrecht but 10 times the size of the current Victoria.
Here's the reason for less sellers, 1- Cost £240 for tables, then petrol, van hire, parking. 2 - Very few young vinyl sellers, (Too much like hard work). 3 - Discogs 4 - eBay (People sell their own stuff) 5 - Due to 3 & 4, dealers can't buy as many good collections to make it pay.
@@brendanboreham4196 I went to the Wembley one years back, much bigger. As was Olympia.
Seems like realistic reasons for the decline in size. There are certainly no younger/new seller coming on board.
If your in Central London there are 2 good Record shops in Berwick street off Oxford St , Sister Ray, and Flashback .
The internet generally and Discogs, eBay, RUclips etc have done the same to record fairs that they did to the bootleg market - made it even more home-spun yet with international reach (at least wherever the mail can be sent).
Oh how I'd like to goe some day again to record fair! Did you need to pay to get there?
mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)
Hi, yes £10 at 10am, £5 from 12pm.
However, most UK record fairs are free entry.
@@georgeprior-vinylshowtell4934 £10 !?! quite much. I don't remember how much was when we had bigger fairs here. They don't organize as big as they were couple years ago.
interested to hear what you think of the Colin scot. personally i think it is a waste of vinyl. but you know what they say, one mans trash...
Hi, I've listened to CS since the video was shot. It's ok, didn't blow me away, but will probably listen again see if it grown on me. I did expect more considering the musicians who backed him here.
Nice finds.
Please don't put tape on that record. 😦
He he, I don't know why I said that actually, a total mistake - what I meant to say was possible touch it up with black pen.
10 pounds entrance fee...They pay u
Significant elephant in the room.. millions of records for sale in a room with zero music being played. Jesus
There was a lack of it compared to some years. However, when you many stallholders play music at the same time, it can create a distracting white noise.